The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-13
TALLAHASSEE, FLQRIn4 gAkUXRY l3 1851 3 NEW SEX

'aOf courSl He fldr fulpdsrstoo5d o5d'Im Ipmerfsctiy Tia.
Ishs VAS etceeaingiy fond of her fitfie ! e.
phswl; but oertsiuly she might Nave gilea
hin somsthips else, to- play with besides
in tnt5 l.n9t,siiAASH, ri u .aa',.i 1n :Yi
Not xt ali, plainly Il was ) thing t1at
would break u She could hxte expected
potbing else when she gave tito Pet.a oa
,,.Peti i"r5Pepson ,epd1 denly decided that
was the sillieet nickname they could POS
Ebly have Invented. She could have tx
/ peesed nothing Else 'tKslI It would come
back to her sbrSaeo tnp pi3ccs, If fin4terl
came hack at all 4 J Rrobahy lshs had not
cared whether it did OF, rot; xnru . vq3
Of course, he reflected, while MIRA.
Gosse chattsd ON conpiacently1 6f
boorse, he 'hsdnt exp pected Her to value it
for itsalfs is wasn't Very washable. no Hut
be bad hoped that she would cara, forit a
Ss1 LILLE bsaes.'a4'e1s0aD'e sas'4* he had gisen' e.
iroH He hsd 'fanSied hsr catefully putting IL,
away smong her best itreasufes.Aaud he
had fhnalH imsgineh that 9thsnnumsrdus
bright 9olored, ,alk ffiRged cards henthd,
and only using it on great occasions,
and grudg,ngly them f'But, bah I ahs
| hadn't given i - second thought, eFi.l
dently, !, and as forIths cards, she had pro
badly burned them up long ago. u -, II,
I Very we'll! Benson told himself that
he was glad he had found It out it Was
. thoussrd times better thAii'to have gone
on idiotically believing that she hsd really
cared forl him q little. ~ Now, he would
act accordingly;, and act be would.
But he was not uproariously happy
when he had come to chat conclusion. r
He went out Of towns day or t wo
after, on business forlhis father. He did
not 60 to bid Carrie Kinsler good by, , and
he did not call when he came back at the
end Q. a week ''
He stayed away for amonth. Then he
found . note on his ldesk, one morning,
whose sender he knew by insGinc.. . His
heart beat faster as he opened it. ,j.li !,
It was very brief and pon-committal
note. 1t read: II '''''.' ~ ~ s.'''' !"
sDEAR Mn STEVENS: Can you come up
this evening FOR q few njnuteslp iiupr ii =
"Yours sincerely " had been writ On
and crossed ont; and &c Carrie Kinslet =
was signed in rather shsky hand,
Benson tried to 60 to work as usual,
but he was quite unable to. He had
slipped the Rote.into an inner pocket, and
| it cracked whenever he moved and kept
itself before him. ....f. T.. ....,.,,..,. "a,
He found himself growing more and
more averse 70 Visiting till evening to
! solve its contents, and Il was only half
past eleven when he wentup the Kinsler's
front walk, and rang the bell i.nd oat
He caught 2 glimpse of q blonde face
in the parlor window, against blue-plush
background but it vanished. -
When he,wss shown into the room,
Miss X; K;1slee was standing At the extre me
further end of It. ~, ,......l. ..a.. p.
."1-didn't expect you so soon," she
said. .1".'! n1d' eT,-.5' a' - .'' ''''+ =,
;ai But something Ia her manner-or per-
hsps it. was her pretty morning dress and
careful to- -et-intimated that she had. II
Then she v ent on, bravely,,o+,e ~ Il
ao"f shall be 30 sorry trpnb1ed you if
tI am uissaksn, bar + tfahS0dty yIht&t6st per
haps-that it was on oooouAt oof tAAS Ink
trss1FAR% sl-. yoaoi@reaheea stavi ing away
dfdHn 10. 7fssag g ke1 .bsapsnsss, bas assa
% ut wiz" ne sSfd, ae1obefiyos' S"l70
,ii "lYou; saw ii a tine Q6sseS r"I She sSaid,
eagerly. 10 r5dlunu Il y}'.p oYa y
Benson nodded y, He, began somehow
to feel rather ashamed Of himself ., O.
And you thought 7 had given it to
Pet to play with "she went On, looking
at him with wide blue eyes. "Oh,, no =
oh, ,nol""a She came 4 step nearer, in her
earnestuess,. e He took, it {; I cdop't know
howl didn't see him. never would
have let him hayeiit, And little Mable
Gosse took it home, and was sent back
.thas psxt day AID put amay In ahastofe-
room BY somebody withoat being un-
done. ''f + found It there Yesterday, with
MRS. nG0sss'su not9 tied DIP ID it, and
thought chat maybe yoaLthas maybe it
was THAR" ,di ,r9h.aIs ri noinsgn,oo :,
Her voice had been getting more, and
more unmanageable, She broke sdowa at
| storm Of tear? 9bnL u 19ffq 9no 9H' :
10 Benson stood staring st her 'Heipiessiy,
for al moment; then Aei crossed the room,
and Carrie found herself sud denly srAus7
| posed from an ordinary existence into the
heart Of q novel, and with the proper per-
son for the Hero. Only, Ii this, there
was noirate parent TO burst into che room.
Irunnipg over with vengsnoe.li Their
course Of Ar.e love, promised to run On
thereafter y with 1 ths % utmost smo0thsAAeas. IN
1ldj noilI5..a 7,3Iu1.Ji97 Id oiqnrs
+ srHsCxEn vvs1Taa1r a1r8 8Lsta 1fttS1iEssas.
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